Hannah’s work in Fault Lines explores the tension between destruction and creation, reflecting the dual nature of collage itself… an act that is both violent and meditative. The stark black-and-white palette heightens the intensity of the piece, where a woman reclines under the harsh projection of striped light, her form seemingly fragmented by the lines that dissect her body.

Beside her, another figure, abstractly patterned and disjointed, holds a pair of scissors, appearing to have severed her own arm. This symbolic act embodies the pain and liberation of breaking away from societal expectations, reshaping oneself at great cost. The interplay of light and shadow evokes a sense of entrapment within rigid structures, while the self-inflicted dismemberment speaks to the necessity of transformation, even when it requires destruction.

Through this work, Hannah forces us to consider the sacrifices involved in self-definition. Just as collage reclaims, rearranges, and reinvents, so too must the individual deconstruct imposed identities in order to reconstruct a self of their own making.